Cornerstone Arabic Christian Fellowship End of Year Report and Accounts
Year ending 31[st] December 2022
## Charity Information
**Trustees:** Bassem Hanna (Chairman) Hany Abaskharon Raef Fikry Faris Nigel Nicholson New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees. **Governing Document:** “Foundation” Model Constitution **Charity Registration Number:** 1176879 **Registered Office:** 23 Elsinore Gardens The Vale London NW2 1SS **Bankers:** Barclays
## Objects
The objects of the CIO are:
1. To advance the Christian faith for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statement of faith (stated in the charity CIO constitution) in such ways and in such parts of the United Kingdom or the World.
2. Such other charitable purposes as shall, in the opinion of the Trustees, further the work of the church.
## Aims and Objectives
The central tenet of Cornerstone Arabic Christian Fellowship is that the Christian Faith itself brings immediate benefit to its followers, hence the purpose of the church is to promote this faith. There is however a requirement on Christians to demonstrate their faith in very practical ways, and in the context of Cornerstone this is worked out by providing a supportive community for Arabic speaking people living in London. Many of these people have been displaced from Middle-Eastern countries through war and persecution and the community of the church meets a very real need for them and their families.
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## Activities in 2022
The church has held the following regular meetings:
- Sunday services:
- 5:30-7:30pm Sunday service (online broadcasting using Zoom)
- The online broadcasting allowed extending invitations to overseas Arabic speakers more frequently offering extra support and spiritual encouragement to the congregation.
- Weekly prayer meeting.
- Youth meetings on Sundays were started.
- Joint meetings with Arabic-speaking congregations in London. Arabic speakers from overseas and worship teams from other churches often took part.
Other activities:
- The church contributed to facilitating funding and offering help to hundreds of refugees who were placed in West London during the Covid time. Many were Arabic speaking requiring special support. This was carried out in partnership with Bell-Farm Baptist Church West Drayton.
- Membership of the church has continued to increase. Combined with generous giving by individuals in the church we have been able to expand the programme of activities and increase investment in pastoral care.
## Plans for 2023
- Development of Sunday school.
- Social gatherings for refugees.
- Annual church conference booked, and plans/preparations are in progress.
- Evangelistic outreach in London, and Cardiff in the summer.
- Continuation of media work.
The aim is to see the membership of the church grow through people coming to faith.
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## Financial Review
## Reserves Policy
The church does not have a reserves policy, but spending is controlled to ensure there is no deficit on the accounts.
## Funds in Deficit
There are no funds in deficit in the current accounting period.
## Accounts
See attached.
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on the 23[rd] May 2023
Dr N Nicholson.
Trustee
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|**Cornerstone Arabic Christian Fellowship**|**Cornerstone Arabic Christian Fellowship**|**No (if any)**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||**CC16a**|
|01/01/2021
**For the period**
**from**|**To**|31/12/2021||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**47,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,500**
**5,985**
**902**
**287**
**673**
**12,354**
**2,000**
**233**
**5,778**
**6,937**
**35,149**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**47,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**47,500**
**5,985**
**902**
**287**
**673**
**12,354**
**2,000**
**233**
**5,778**
**6,937**
**35,149**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
||**47,500**||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**47,500**||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||
||||||**-**|
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|Buildingrent|**5,985**|**-**|**-**|**5,985**|**-**|
|hardware|**902**|**-**|**-**|**902**|**-**|
|zoom account|**287**|**-**|**-**|**287**|**-**|
|public liability insurance and content ins.|**673**|**-**|**-**|**673**|**-**|
|Lovegifts and minsters expense|**12,354**|**-**|**-**|**12,354**|**-**|
|Donnations to other ministries|**2,000**|**-**|**-**|**2,000**|**-**|
|mis expenses|**233**|**-**|**-**|**233**|**-**|
|HelpingHand minstry|**5,778**|**-**|**-**|**5,778**|**-**|
|conference|**6,937**|**-**|**-**|**6,937**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**35,149**|**-**|**-**|**35,149**|**-**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||||||||
|**_Total payments_**|**35,149**||**-**|||**-**||**35,149**||**-**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**12,351**||**-**|||**-**||**12,351**||**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**12,351**||**-**|||**-**||**12,351**||**-**|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of On accounts for the year Charity no ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** .
**Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that ~~disclosed below *)~~ which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body**
**Oct 2018**
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**IER**
**(if any):**
**Address:**
**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
**Oct 2018**
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**IER**